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, 1887-08-09
RREv1r1Es.
A severe earthquake shock was tel

A severe earthquake shock was felt
Sunday in the Island of Cyprus.
The majority in Texas against prohibi.
ton has increased to $4,000.
The corn crop in the West will be
small on account of the drouth and
insects.
The clothing cutters union of America
is holding its second annual convention at
Syracuse, N. Y.
1t is officially announced that the king
of Italy will not accept the resignation Of
his ministers.
The Chicago wheat market closed
firm yesterday. Cash 67s, September
69s, October 7lb
Baird & Dillon, dealers in platedware,
OF Chicago, assigned yesterday. Liabili
ties, $4,000; assets, S35, 900,
On Saturday last the price of wheat in
the Vienna market fell to a lower point
than known in twenty-three years.
In the yacht race to Marblehead yester-
day, fifteen of the boats were becalmed
last evening off Chatham. Mass.
The losses by the tornado at Millbrook,
Kan, are placed at SOS, 900. The town
was practically demolished and the people
are in great distress.
Sunday was the hottest day of the sea.
son in Denver, the mercury reaching So
degrees. Three thousand people went
out of the city on excursions.
William Purb, better known as Fritz, -
the youth suspected of setting fire to the
New York Zettuna building, was arrested
yesterday afternoon in Chicago,
The Nationalist and Orangeman had a
fight at Port Rush Ireland, in which bot
ties and stones were used. The police
quelled it. One boy was killed.
Amos Reed, at one time acting gov,
ernor Of Utah, died suddenly Sunday
morning at his home near B~ranchville,
Prince George county, Md, aged Ga.
William Samson and James Heron
were sutfocated by escaping gas yesterday
afternoon while repairing a regulator
under CHARTERS street in Allegheny City.
While celebrating the result of the
election at Fort Worth, Tex, a keg of
powder exploded. Three boys were
fatally injured and several others seriously
burned.
Edward Smith, a section foreman, was
killed near Pinon station on the Denver
" Santa Fe road. He was thrown under
a train by its sudden stop and horribly
crushed.
Herson Smith was assassinated four
miles south of Fulton, Mo, and at the
coroner's inquest his son testified that he
killed him and that he was persuaded to
do so by his sister.
The loss by the Whitley fire in London
is placed at from e3OO, 900 to $500, 900.
Three bodies have been taken from the
ruins. 1t is believed that four more are
still buried in them.
, 1887-08-09

Sealed bids will be received by the
secretary of Wyoming Fair association
unit. II o'clock noon, Friday, Aug. 26,
1887, for the following stands and privi-
leges on the grounds of the association
during the fair, to be held Sept. G, I, s
and 9, 1887:
One dining hall privilege for warm
meals.
One hot candy and pop corr privilege.
One peanut privilege. One lemonade.
One soda tount. One fruit.
Three lunch stands for sale Of cold
lunch with hot coffee.
One privilege for the sale Of hay and
straw,
And for such other stands and privi-
leges as the board may allow on the
grounds. Each successful bidder will be
required to furnish his or their own booth
or tent for carrying on business, excepting
dining hall, which will be located in east
rooms or part of dwelling house. Loca-
tions for privileges or stands will be signed
by the executive board on Monday, Sept.
5. One half of amount to be paid on
acceptance of bid one half on Sept. 6.
The committee reserve the right to reject
any or all bids.
By order of Executive Board.
f. w. LAFRENTZ,
Secretary.
Room 9, Collins Block.
, 1887-08-09

Sphh Jul IEthtnNAtlOhs
John Randolph, of Roanoke, dressed
very eccentrically while he was at home,
and his dress during his mission to Rus
STA was hardly more ~extravagant than
that he wore at Roanoke. In writing of
it he says: my dress on presentation
to their imperial majesties was a suit of
the finest black cloth hat London could
afford; and with the exception of a steel
capped sword it was the dress of Mr..
Madison during the late convention" 1t
=, 1rnamented with gold shoe and knee
Ia" , IS, and Randolph says that he was
a7 well dressed as Prince Talleyrand, who
was presented at the same time.
Josiah Quincy visited Russia some
years after this, and in his life there is
n story related concerning this presenta-
ton of John Randolph. Says this au-
thority: "When he was presented to
the empress she put out her hand and
Randolph went down on his knees to
a it. He wore, however, tight gauut-
lets and he did not attempt to get these
off before he fell upon his knee. 1t was
contrary to etiquette to touch the lady's
bare hand with u gloved hand, and it
took him so long to get his tight glove Off
that her majesty smiled at his predica-
ment and the courtiers laughed out
aloud. Randolph soon took his leave
of Russia and returned to the United
States. Before he did so he had a pleas.
ant interview with the emperor, and he
made a romark which it is said made the
empress laugh most vooiferously. He
bowed himself out backward as he left,
and lit was lucky" said he, that I
happened to be near the door. Frank
G.. Carpenter in American Magazine.
, 1887-08-09

To a certain extent we may take the
sounds uttered by birds and animals as
an index to their emotional condition.
If you hear a mar humming an, air as he
walks along, you conclude either that he
is a lunatic or that he is happy. Spon-
taneous song, whether of birds, animals
or man, is possible only when the singer
is cheerful. A pianist may of deliberate
purpose play a set piece, but he will
never successfully improvise when he Is
miserable. The song of our hedge
%warblers, though it of course contains
inherited elements, is essentially an i'm
provisation; it is by no means necessary
TO their existence or their pe~rpetuation.
Developed at first as an adjunct TO sexual
selection, it has been extended as the
highest exponent of pleasure of all kinds.
1t begins each year in the breeding
season, but it is by no means confined to
that season.-Nineteenth Century.
, 1887-08-09

In a Massachusetts town there are two
young colored men, educated in the pub
lie schools and "'well brought up" who
probably bear the most peculiar Chris
tan names, if they can be called Chris
tan names at all, that have been worn
since the Puritan times, when men re-
ceived whole phrases of Scripture as
names in baptism, such as Fight-the-
Goodnight Smith, Shun-the-W ays-of
Evil Jones and Pray ithout-C easing
johnson.
The name of one of these young men
is Army-of-the- Potomac Johnson-we
give another nan in the place of the
real one-and of the other Ninth-Corpe
johnson.
Both were BORN during the war OF the
rebellion, when their father served for 8
time in the Ninth corps of the Army Of
the Potomac. He was anxious to give
his son patriotic names, suited to the
stirring times, and SO named them after
what were to him the most famous mill,
tary organizations in the world.-Youth't
Companion.
, 1887-08-09

The first record contained in our colo
NAL history of any kind of mail service
dates from 1877, when the court at Bos-
ton appointed Mr.. John Hayward ito
take ii and convey letters according to
their direction" In 1910 Parliament
passed an act to establish a general post
office for all her majesty's dominions,
including North America, New York be-
ing made the chief letter office Of the
colonies. The rates of postage for all
letters and packages from New York to
any place within sixty miles were as fol
lows: Single letters, four pence; double,
eight pence; treble, one shilling: an
ounce, one shilling and four pence
Magazine of American History.
, 1887-08-09

To postpone, when the duty for i'm
mediate is clear, is always unwise. Espec-
tally is it so when increasing in health
calls for a resort to medication. Diseases
of the kidneys and bladder are often OF
swift growth-always of fatal tendency if
not combatted at the outset. We have
all-even those of us who are not remark
ably well instructed-heard something OF
the danger attending Bright's disease,
diabetes. and other diseases of the kidneys
or bladder. Let no one be foolhardy
enough to be inactive. Hostetter's Stom.
ach Bitters are peculiarly adapted to over
come this inaction, to sufficiently stimulate,
without exciting the kidneys and bladder.
Infinitely is this diuretic to be preferred
to the impure and fiery stimulants of com
merce, which prove the bane of unwary
persons with a tendency to renal troubles.
They are likewise incompatible for dys,
pepsia, debility, fever and ague, and bill
lousness.
, 1887-08-09

Humboldt, in his ASPECTS of Nature y
describes a day he passed near the rapids
of the Orinoco river, when the mercury
in the thermometer registered 1879 degrees
in the shade. All the rocks, be says,
were covered with an immense number
of iguanas and spotted ~salamanders, and
these cold blooded creatures, with raised
heads and widely gaping mouths, inhaled
the heated air with delight.-New York
Talagram-
, 1887-08-09

The petroleum industry in the United
States dates from the %''ifties, the first
sale of American oil taking place in 1854,
but Abraham Schreiner, by documents
in the archives in Vienna, produced illu-
minating oil as early as 1858. He owned
a piece of land in Boryslaw, where, in ar
opening in the earth, he found a black,
tar like substance which the peasants
had used from time immemorial to heal
wounds and grease their wagon wheels.
SChrciner got the idea that the fluid in
the clay might be employed i'll other
ways. He kneaded a bali from the
slime, stuck a wick into it, and it burned
brightly with a red flame until the sub
stance was exhausted. This was the first
petroleum lamp.
Later, Schreiner heard something Of
distillation and determined to try a few
experiments. He purchased a huge kettle
and transformed it into a distilling appa-
ratus as well as possible, filled it with the
black earth and placed it upon the fire
to accomplish the distillation. But that
happened more rapidly than he wished.
The petroleum exploded, the kettle vas
broken into a thousand pieces, and
S~chreiner's body was covered with scars.
Hardly recovered from his wounds, he
began his experiments again with a
proper apparatus, into the secrets of
which an apothecary had introduced
him. Here he was crowned with better
success. He gained a product which re-
sembled a strongly smelling oil, and pc
troleum was found. He filed a bottle
and sold it to a druggist in Dropobyez.
That was in the year 1853. Schreiner
was, therefore, not only the d%iscoverer of
petroleum, but the first who introduced
it into commerce Berlin Cor. New York
Trih1Inn
, 1887-08-09

Dyspepsia is dreadful. Disordered
liver is misery. Indigestion is a foe to
good nature.
The human digestive apparatus is one
of the most complicated and wonderful
things in existence. 1t is easily put out
of order.
Greasy food, tough food, sloppy food,
bad cookery, mental worry. late hours, IT.
regular habits and many other things
which ought not to be, have made the
American people a nation of dyspeptics.
But Green's August Flower has done a
wonderful work in reforming this sad bus
mess and making the American people 50
healthy that they can enjoy their meals
and be happy.
Remember: NO happiness without
health. But Green's August Flower
brings health and happiness to the dyspep.
tic. Ask your druggist for a bottle.
Seventy five cents
, 1887-08-09

Ernest Michel, the noted French travel
Ter who has just made a trip around the
world in 240 days, says that this journey
MAY now be made much more cheaply
and comfortably than a few years ago,
and that transportation facilities on sea
and land have SO greatly improved that
even this limited time affords many adj
vantages for study and deliberate sight
seeing. As for the expense, he says that
the journey around the world can be
comfortably made by those who know
how to travel at a cost of S. a day. For
1000 he says the trip can be made with
the greatest comfort. His estimate, how
ever, does not leave much margin for the
purchase of knick knacks and souvenirs
of the iourney.-New York Sun.
, 1887-08-09

Great excitement has been caused in
Paris, Tex, by the remarkable recovery
Of j. E. Corley, who was so helpless he
could not turn in bed, or raise his head;
everybody said he was dying of consump.
ton. A trial bottle of DR.. Kings New
Medical Discovery was sent him. Finding
relief he bought a large bottle and a box
ofDr. Kings New Life Pills; by the time
he had taken two boxes of pills and two
bottles of the discovery, he was well and
had gained thirty-slx pounds. Trial bot
ties of this great discovery for consump.
ton free at W. N. Hunts s.
, 1887-08-09

In the combination, proportion and prep
aration of its ingredients, Hoods Sarsap-
arilla accomplishes cures where other
preparations entirely fail. Peculiar in
its good name at home, which is a tower
of strength abroad" peculiar in the phe-
nomenal sales it has attained, Hoods
Sarsaparilla is the most successful medi-
cine for purifying the blood, giving
strength and creating an appetite.
, 1887-08-09

a young New Orleans woman is pre-
pairing To go into the house decorating
business. and this fall will offer her ser
vices for graining woodwork, for wall
and ceiling painting, and for decorating
hrepIaces. Ills artist recently painted a
wlHtarla vine in full blossom around the
frame of n bedroom door. The vine
spranS from the molding of the wal and
claha"rcd up the jamb, showing delicate
teudtll- and clusters of bloom on both
woodwork and wall.-New Orleans Plea
yunc.
, 1887-08-09

are often too III to labor, but they havn't
time to take medicine and lay off. Sim
mons Liver Regulator can be taken with
causing any loss of time, and III sys.
tenn will be built up and invigorated by it.
1t has no equal as a preparatory medicine,
and can be safely used when a doctor can
not be called in. In all common diseases
it will, unassisted by any other medicine,
effect a speedy cure.
, 1887-08-09

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price, 25 cents per
box. For sale by W. N. Hunt.
, 1887-08-09

SOwo the Children. They are es-
oooO pecially liable to sudden
Colds, Coughs, Group, Whooping Cough,
etc. We guarantee Acker's English
Remedy a positive cure. 1t saves
hours of anxious watching. Sold by
DR.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1887-08-09

As long IA temptations exist, man will
hunt for thcn.-Uncle Esek.
, 1887-08-09

S~hOcA oOJb"
Alt ere often rather hard in
their each other, they GER
tainly TX together when one of
their trouble. There are hun
dreds , .mces of this, but a most
amusing @ occurred whilst DIR. Vaughan
was head master of Harrow. He was
returning late one evening from a dinner
party when he caught sight of one of his
pupils, who was taking a walk when he
ought to nave been in bed. The moment
the boy saw DIR. Vaughan he ran for his
life. Off started the master in hot pur-
suit, and he just succeeded in seizing his
pupil by his coat tails. After a good
many struggles the boy escaped, but he
left one tail in the DOCTORS hands. The
master made sure that he would find out
the culpit next morning by his coat, but
when he entered the school every boy of
the sixth form lad only one tail to his
coat, so the offender escaped punish
Observation-Disclosures Times.
, 1887-08-09
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We keep everything worn by man or
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special care. We carry many garments
not to be found elsewhere in Colorado.
Garments for miners, cattlemen and
ranchmen specially adapted to their re-
spective vOcations.
We cheerfully send our Fashion Gaia
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send samples and prices on application.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money re.
funded.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-22

An Interesting Specimen o. the Art Dis.
covered N IN Old Eneiish church
An interesting antiquarian discovery
has just been made in Detling Church.
Kent. Eng. In the course Of taking
down the outer wall Of a lean-to on the
north side for the purpose Of widening
the aisle. il was necessary to remove a
stone. which seemed 70 be nothing
more than doorstep 1t the bottom Of
a small early English door. that had
been inserted into the wall. and subse-
quently closed up with flints- This
stone proved to he slab II Bethers.
den marble. and had evidently been
the upper portion Of cofiin-lid. meas
uring two feet four inches and half
where il was broken on II was per
fectly fiat on the top as il lay; but on
being lifted up. disclosed on the under
surface half-length figure Of priest.
in bold relief. with the hands joined a.
in prayer. the whole contour Of the
face and head being well preserved.
and the features beautifully sharp.
Unfortunately. from the contact with
the damp earth in which IL was en-
bedded. the right shoulder had scaled
away. and the head. though entire. had
from the same cause become detached
from the fat stone. No letters o.
marks can be traced round the head,
nor has the lower part 81 the figure
been found. 1t has probably been L.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-22

-Ihe Rnu Hall 0asstts has adopts4
ne American term elevator" il place
q the shorter EngIiah name Tor u
machine. sslift
Mr.. Elliot Stock he's secured the
balusters from the staircase of ths
house in Fetter Lane II which Dryden
= said % hare lived. and o. which ~
destruction be- been completed
When ex-senator Thurman goes
q : journey he takes MrsL Thurman
along to keep OF the newspaper men.
She i sid 70 have the most charming
manner Of showing : man the door.
The finest library in Pennsylvania
Il about to Be established in Wilkes
barre. through the benevolence d the
late Isaac Osterhout The fund given
amounts 70 nearly elo0 900. - Rsblis
Opinion
The King Of the Tonga Islands
dresses IN wcll-made European clothes.
which sek Oh his handsome
figure. but he can get no civil
lied shoe to fit him. because his
feet are 50 large and have 90 enor-
nous a development Of heel - Detroit
Free Press
Mrs Livermore has delivered
more than eight hundred temperance
addresses For many years she has
lectured i've nights : week for five
month in the year. She travels yearly
twenty-five thousand miles. besides
working late into the night to main
tain her immense correspondence
Fred Douglass recently said in
Paris: II have travelled through most
Of the countries Of Europe. and when
ever am in the cars. in the theaters.
in the bathrooms. anywhere in fact, !
find that ] am treated always with
courtesy. and not rarely with distin-
guished consideration As far as can
see. : man Is judged over here with
out any regard 70 the color Of his
hair. his eyes or his skin"
Or. J. H. Hepburn Of Reimers-
burg. Pa. has in his possession table
which was once the property Of
llll3m xcuu- ~ - 90ll0 minus
and has two folding leaves
1t i oval in shape. There are
two drawers. one in each end
The table i four feet and seven
inches long and 1--WE feet vide when
the leaves are raised II Is very heavy
and solidly built with no attempt =
ornamentation- An offer Of $500 was
refused for il
1t Is usual at Cambridge to annual
" give . handsome sum think il Is
E10O-for the best poem Some years
ago = waggish undergraduate, for :
mere Jest, mode poem BY
piecing together fragments Of AL
those which had for many years
been the winners He expected that
the committee would laugh at it
and throw it aside What was his
horror At learning that he had been
adjudged the prize and that his name
was published al over England -
that Of the victor. How he got out Of
the scrape know not, but no harm
came to him that ever / heard Of
London Letter.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-22

-Dr. Lansdell has rsesnsly dbFi1.
nted in Siberia nearly $4,000 bihlsA
In Turnbull Comfy. O.. ~
churches srs having ''crazy socisb,sA !"
The average expense AZ the senior
class Of Yale University has been va
Tor the last three years
Miss Catherine L Wolfe left e.
o0O. 600 towards c600o. 900 cathedral
In New York. 70 be called the Cathe-
dral 81 ST. John the Divine.
-Fifty-one young men are said 70
have applied for admission to Prince
ton Seminary next fall There are
l.S59 boys IN GirArd College. the
largest number ever reported. -CDs-
gregafsosaiisk
Mira Hopkins has endowed : chair
Of mental and moral philosophy =
Mills College. California. IN honor Of
Marx Hopkins. the venerable ex-Presi-
dent Of Williams College. The enslow-
ment fund Is go. 600
1t II stated that the money given
BY the women Of the Presbyterian
Church In the United States during Tie
past sixteen years foots up to e2,l50.-
0OO-representing the entire support
OF more than two hundred women
missionaries. two hundred native b.
BILE readers. and more thap one hum
dred and fifty schools Public QPin.
ios
The teacher vas drilling her pu'
pills in the abbreviations which are II
the back part Of the spelling book.
Each abbreviation was written on the
blackboard. and the urchins shouted
! its meaning. sP. S." chalked thu
school ma'am PORK steak conf
| IDENTIFY asserted the smart boy. and a.
most any butchers pass-book vii
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-22

Brother 0ardner Chats Pleasantly Ab0s
Dignity and Dscorua-

Brother 0ardneF Chats Pleasantly About
Dignity aad DecoruR-
awhile doan' want 70 seem cap
shus or ober pertickler." said Brother
Gardner. a the meeting vas called to
order. .sdar' am few things I dcsiah
10 call your attenshun 70 At dis time
Heretofo' muffin has been said when
members sat in de meetin' an ate her
rings Dat purceedin' must now be
stopped Dey might hev eaten
smoked herrings in dc Roman Senate.
but dat was in anoder aige, an per-
haps de smell wasn't 50 bad
:. Some Of you members walk In
heah wid . raw onion in one pocket
and . cold biscuit in de odder. an
you sot an MUNICH. an MUNICH an sos
until dere am not dry eye around
you. AFTER dis eavenin' SIGH things
must be left II home
..Sartin members git in de back
seats an remove deir shoes an whittle
OF DER toe-nails. pare down DER
cons. an rub away at DER stone
bruises Kin such proceedings Be wit
messed in Congresss From dis night
out de member who is cotch in SIGH .
performance viii receive paralyzing
shock
..Sartin members hev got into de
habit Of elevatin' DER hoofs on top Of
de stove an winder sills an takin'
things powerful easy. When dat tri-
angle sounds hereafter AL hoofs mus
Be on de door. an II il becomes ncces-
sary 20 elevate EN- m applicashun
sent to the Secretary's desk will prob
ably be favorably acted upon
"A few sartin members hev bin in
de habit Of slippin' out Of de room
widout akin permishun. - purvided
fur in de bylaws hereby warn SIGH
pussons dat de mex one who slips out
will slip in . great deal faster. fur ]
shall be at the outer door in pusson 70
help him
I'VE want dignity-not too much.
but fist nun. l doan want 50 much
dignity here dat can't wink to Sam
uei Shin 70 jab pin into Elder Tcots
when de latter gcm'lan begins 70 sncre
in his sleep. or dat Kurnel Cahoots will
carry on : resolushion in his pocket
bekase he am afeared 70 prescns Il Il
= members cons ache he kin with
draw to de aunty-room an cajole Wild
EN- II de iah bells ring one or two
members kin step softly out IN post
DER selves on de location Of de hunger
in nameA l doan' want 70 Be strict
but shall insist on de same dignity
heah - kin Be found In De State Legis-
lachur. an de sooner you al accustom
yourselves to de change De better i
win Be fur you "-Defroa free Press